Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and Democratic Progressive Alliance leader M Karunanidhi will kickstart election campaign on April 10 from his Chepauk constituency from where he is seeking re-election for the 11th time in the May 8 Tamil Nadu assembly polls.

A day before he begins the 15-day tour, Karunanidhi will meet party workers of his constituency, the smallest in the city, a DMK release said in Chennai Monday.

The release also said Karunanidhi would return to the city on April 17 to file his nomination papers. After that he will go around his constituency for two days before resuming his tour.